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English Dictionary: pin by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pin
n
  1. a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
  2. when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
    Synonym(s): fall, pin
  3. small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
    Synonym(s): peg, pin
  4. a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts
    Synonym(s): personal identification number, PIN, PIN number
  5. informal terms for the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks"
    Synonym(s): pin, peg, stick
  6. axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
    Synonym(s): pivot, pin
  7. cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown
    Synonym(s): pin, pin tumbler
  8. flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
    Synonym(s): pin, flag
  9. a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
  10. a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
    Synonym(s): peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock
  11. a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target
    Synonym(s): bowling pin, pin
v
  1. to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
    Synonym(s): trap, pin, immobilize, immobilise
  2. attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins; "pin the needle to the shirt". "pin the blame on the innocent man"
    Antonym(s): unpin
  3. pierce with a pin; "pin down the butterfly"
  4. immobilize a piece
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pin \Pin\, v. t. (Metal Working)
      To peen.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pin \Pin\, v. t. [Cf. {Pen} to confine, or {Pinfold}.]
      To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pin \Pin\, n. [OE. pinne, AS. pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. pin, G.
      pinne, Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir. pinne; all fr. L.
      pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different
      word from pinna feather. Cf. {Fin} of a fish, {Pen} a
      feather.]
      1. A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used
            for fastening separate articles together, or as a support
            by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg;
            a bolt.
  
                     With pins of adamant And chains they made all fast.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or
            other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening
            clothes, attaching papers, etc.
  
      3. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
  
                     He . . . did not care a pin for her.   --Spectator.
  
      4. That which resembles a pin in its form or use; as:
            (a) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or
                  relaxing the tension of the strings.
            (b) A linchpin.
            (c) A rolling-pin.
            (d) A clothespin.
            (e) (Mach.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a
                  part of which serves as a journal. See Illust. of
                  {Knuckle joint}, under {Knuckle}.
            (f) (Joinery) The tenon of a dovetail joint.
  
      5. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking
            cup to mark how much each man should drink.
  
      6. The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
            [Obs.] [bd]The very pin of his heart cleft.[b8] --Shak.
  
      7. Mood; humor. [Obs.] [bd]In merry pin.[b8] --Cowper.
  
      8. (Med.) Caligo. See {Caligo}. --Shak.
  
      9. An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the
            clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
  
      10. The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. [Slang]
  
      {Banking pin} (Horol.), a pin against which a lever strikes,
            to limit its motion.
  
      {Pin drill} (Mech.), a drill with a central pin or projection
            to enter a hole, for enlarging the hole, or for sinking a
            recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore.
  
      {Pin grass}. (Bot.) See {Alfilaria}.
  
      {Pin hole}, a small hole made by a pin; hence, any very small
            aperture or perforation.
  
      {Pin lock}, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which
            pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers.
           
  
      {Pin money}, an allowance of money, as that made by a husband
            to his wife, for private and personal expenditure.
  
      {Pin rail} (Naut.), a rail, usually within the bulwarks, to
            hold belaying pins. Sometimes applied to the {fife rail}.
            Called also {pin rack}.
  
      {Pin wheel}.
            (a) A contrate wheel in which the cogs are cylindrical
                  pins.
            (b) (Fireworks) A small coil which revolves on a common
                  pin and makes a wheel of yellow or colored fire.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pin \Pin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Pinning}.] [See {Pin}, n.]
      To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a
      garment; to pin boards together. [bd]As if she would pin her
      to her heart.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To pin one's faith upon}, to depend upon; to trust to.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PIN
  
      {Personal Identification Number}
  
  
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